DocumentCode
1406099
Title
Smart antennas in wireless communications: base-station diversity and handset beamforming
Author
Dietrich, Carl B., Jr. ; Stutzman, Warren L. ; Kim, Byung-Ki ; Dietze, Kai
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Virginia Tech. Antenna Group, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Volume
42
Issue
5
fYear
2000
fDate
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
151
Abstract
We review diversity and smart antenna research applied to both base-stations and terminals. To illustrate the performance gains possible, the paper describes research being conducted by the Smart Antenna Group at Virginia Tech, in both smart base-stations and smart handheld terminals.
Keywords
adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; diversity reception; land mobile radio; telephone sets; Virginia Tech; adaptive beamforming; base-station diversity; diversity combining; handset beamforming; mobile radio channel; performance gains; smart antenna research; smart base-stations; smart handheld terminals; wireless communications; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Fading; Land mobile radio; Land mobile radio equipment; Mobile antennas; Polarization; Telephone sets; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1045-9243
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/74.883513
Filename
883513
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